Wire-reel carrier.



O. PATSCHECK.

WIRE REEL CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5,1915.

1,175,289, Patented Mar. 14,1916.

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l 0 PHTSCHECK o'rro rnrsorinox, OF HESPERUS, COLORADO.

WIRE-REEL CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

Application filed June 5, 1915. Serial N6. 32,400.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OTTO PATSCHEGK, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Hespenis, in the county of La Plata and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVire-Reel Carriers, of which the following is a specification, reference' being had to the accompanying drawmgs.

This inventionrelates to improvements in reel carriers for unreeling and stretching fence wires or for analogous purposes and the primary object of the present invention is the provision of a very simple reel carrier adapted to be drawn over the groundv and having the form of a sled and provided with a reel or reels supported upon the carrier in such position that certain portions of one of the reels will engage with the ground to assist in unreeling the wire and also particu'- larly to retard the unreeling offlthe wire from the reels.

A- further object of the invention is the provision of awire reel carrier of the :character above described wherein a; plurality of reels are used disposed indifferent planes, means being provided for retarding the unreeling of the wire from-one ofithe-reels-for the purpose above stated. 7

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein- Figure 1 is a plan'view of my wire. unreeling carriage, the rear end of one of the runners being broken away; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of Fig.1; Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig. 1 with the upper reel removed and with the braces 16 removed; and Fig. 4: is a transverse section showing a different manner of actuating the horizontally disposed reel.

Referring to these drawings, 2 designates a sledge or like carriage which is provided with the oppositely disposed parallel runners 3, the transverse braces a, 5 and 6, and the cross braces 7 which extend beneath the brace 5 and intersect at the middle of the brace. Extending through the rear ends of the runners is a shaft 8 which may have the form of an elongated bolt provided with a head 9 at one end and a nut or other fastening device at the other end. This shaft is preferably provided at its head 9 with a square portion which engages the square socket in a runner and thus prevents rotation of the shaft. Mounted upon this shaft to rotate thereon is the spool or reelflO. This spool has end flanges 11 and the diameter of these flanges is such that'the distance between the center of the shaft8 and the i peripheries of the flanges is greater than the distance between the center of said-shaft and the lower surfaces or edges of the run-- ners 3, whereby when the runners 3 areidirectedalong the ground, the peripheries of the flanges will. engagefthe ground and r0- tate thereon in the manner of a wagon wheel.

Passing verticallythrough the intersectmg portlons of the braces and?) is a shaft 12 carrying: upon it the tWo'pairs of cross bars 13. These bars are preferably notched .lntoeach other so as tobe firmly held-in right angular position and the endsofthe barsv are engaged by transversely. extending pins 14 having preferably the formof-bolts withrspacing members 15: surrounding the bolts. Nuts l5 engage the ends 'of these arms and hold the arms inj properimelation upon the spacing members. The upper end of. the shaft i 12 is? supported-by means. of?

braces 16, which are-pivotally secured to. .the forward ends of the runners 3 and extend upward Land :over .rthe :=up.p:er :end 1 of the shaft. By detaching these braces the shaft runners and to these shackles the draft chains are applied. The runners are preferably shod as at 18, but I do not wish'to be limited to any'of the details of construction of the sledge itself.

In the practical use of my device, the

sledge is drawn over the ground and the wire unreeled from the spool or reel 1O and the reel formed by the members '13.. It

will, of course, be understood that separate,

wiresare unreeled from the spool 10 and from the reel 13, that is, two distinct kinds of wire. for use in unreeling barb wire which, as is known, is ordinarily sold in spools and in unreeling this barb wire, the operator simply fastens the end of the wire to a post The spool or reel 10 is designed or other support at the startingpoint from where it is desired to unreel the wire.- By

fastening the end of the barb wire and drawing the sledge along the ground, the wire is kept straight and in its proper place as it is unreeled and the engagement of the peripheries ofthe flanges 11 with the ground will properly retard the unreeling of the wire and avoid any slack.

The reel 13 is designed for use in connection with wire that is known as spring coil wire which comes in coils like rope.

This wire is laid fiat-wise on the reel 13, that is, between the two pairs of cross bars and the end of it is tied to a post or starting place and as the carriage or sledge is drawn over the ground, the wire will unreel and be kept straight and in proper place. Preferably, when the reel 10 is used, the reel 13 is unshipped or taken off, the

device then'being as illustrated in F ig. 3 of sled runners adapted to be drawn along the ground, a shaft carried by said runners Copies of this patent may be obtained for and extending across the same from oneto the other, and a reel mounted on said shaft and provided with flanges, the distance between the center of the shaft and the peripheries of said flanges being greater than the a distance between the center of the shaft and the lower faces of the runners, whereby as the carriage is drawn along the ground, the peripheries of the flanges of the reel will engage withthe ground,as and for the purpose set forth. I

2. A wire, reel carrier of the character described, comprising a carriage embodying sled runners adapted to be drawn along the ground, a horizontally disposed reel car ried by said runners and revolubleabout ;a"

vertical axis thereon, ashaft carried by said runners in the rear of said reel'andsexr tending across the runners from one to the other, and :a second reel mounted ,on said shaft and provided with flanges, the "CllS'f tance between the'center of the shaft and the peripheries of said flanges being greater than the distance between the centerof the shaft and thellower-faces ofthe runners, whereby as the carriage is drawn along the 7 ground, the peripheries of the flangesof the" second named reel, Will'engage with the ground, as and for the purpose set forth;

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix signature in the presenceof two witnesses. OTTO PATSCHECK;

Witnesses? 1 J. L. MCNEI GEORGE FITTZ."

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